From dc3180c46b8fcebfc8e2c38f1f188163ab157f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brent Westbrook <brentrwestbrook@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:27:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] decode stderr into a more readable error

---
 qffbuddy/qffbuddy.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qffbuddy/qffbuddy.py b/qffbuddy/qffbuddy.py
index bd0fd28b..12653af9 100755
--- a/qffbuddy/qffbuddy.py
+++ b/qffbuddy/qffbuddy.py
@@ -746,7 +746,9 @@ def open_file(self):
     def parse_infile(self, infile):
         s = subprocess.run([args.pbqff, "-j", infile], capture_output=True)
         if s.returncode != 0:
-            sys.exit(f"pbqff failed to parse {infile}: {s.stderr}")
+            sys.exit(
+                f"pbqff failed to parse {infile}: {s.stderr.decode('utf-8')}"
+            )
         d = json.loads(s.stdout)
 
         geom = d["geometry"]